Wolf and Leo: Own nothing but the crazy ocs and the plot!
It was a brisk day out, unusual for summer. Hao decided to take advantage of it by taking a walk. He wanted out of the house, away from the accusing stares of the twins and Pyro, and the longing looks from Yoh. He had slipped out of the house without anyone noticing, or so he thought.
As he turned into a nearby entrance to Central Park, he could hear running footsteps clattering his way. "Hao, Hao wait!" Hao growled softly to himself. He really didn't want to deal with his brother. He kept walking, hoping Yoh would get the message. Apparently though, this wasn't the case.
"Hao!" Hao twisted and glared at Yoh as the younger twin grabbed his shoulder. Yoh instantly removed his hand as though Hao had burned him and took a small step back. Part of Hao was smugly amused by this, but another part of him felt bad for scaring his brother.
"What do you want?" He snapped angrily. Yoh gulped slightly and took a hesitant step forward, his dark eyes worried.
"You just sort of rushed out, I wasn't sure if you'd taken one of these." He explained, holding out an iron pendant in the shape of a star. Hao snorted.
"I don't need it."
"Hao you heard what they said. You're powers aren't going to help you if they can Mesmer you. The iron will prevent them from getting close enough to do so." Hao scoffed but something in Yoh's pleading, worried eyes and the way he held out the tiny trinket to him in such a shy manner disarmed him and he reached out and snatched the thing up.
"There, happy?" Hao snarled. Yoh's mouth worked itself up into a faint smile, but his eyes were tired and still worried. Hao recalled the conversation that he'd heard and thought that Yoh looked as though he were reaching a breaking point. He shook the thought away as fast as it came however. "Go away now." He ordered.
Yoh let out a low sigh and his narrow shoulders slumped. Nodding his head he turned and trotted away. Hao watched him go and then lifted the pendant to give it a sceptical and unhappy glare.
"You should put it on." A little voice beside Hao's ear made him whirl. He frowned, not seeing anyone. "I said, you should put the damned pendant on."
"Who are you?" Hao demanded. "Where are you?" A small sigh reached his ears.
"Honestly, you humans do not look." It said peevishly. "I'm right in front of you." Hao frowned and blinked, and suddenly there was a rather small person hovering in front of his face.
Said person was only about eight inches tall and looked to be male. He had a narrow face, flame-red hair and large green eyes. His skin was pale and freckled and he had a pair of green pants on. He was shirtless, which allowed his dragonfly-like wings freedom to move. Those wings whirred at an alarming pace, keeping him hovering in front of Hao. "Well?" He said in annoyance, his voice, despite being tiny, fairly deep.
"What are you?" Hao asked, reaching out for the little man with the hand that still held the pendant. The little guy cringed and darted backward.
"Careful with that thing!" he snapped. Hao raised an eyebrow.
"Are you a Fae then?"
"Yeah, I am. Got a problem with that?" The little Fae put his hands on his hips and glared challengingly at Hao.
"Not unless you plan to eat me or something." Hao replied evenly. He put the pendant on, tucking it underneath his poncho. "I thought Fae wouldn't come near if I had iron?"
"Most won't." The faerie agreed. "I've developed a sort of...immunity." Hao raised an eyebrow.
"You don't by any chance live with a pair of twins named Tim and Josh do you?" He asked. The faerie grinned brightly, showing off pointed canines.
"I do." He admitted. "My name is Pib, by the way."
"Hao Asakura." Pib nodded.
"I know, me and my girls have been watching you guys for the last little bit." Pib explained. "You should give your brother a little more credit, running after you like that. He cares."
"Like I give a damn if he cares or not." Hao replied harshly. He looked around and was relieved to see there was no one to see him talking to the tiny faerie. Pib shrugged disinterestedly.
"Whatever you say." He whirred his wings and then lit on Hao's shoulder. "I will say though that if Yoh had not shown up and you were wandering around here the Fae that lives in the lake nearby would have snagged you."
"There's a Fae in the lake?" Hao asked with interest. Pib nodded solemnly.
"It's a bit like those things that humans call mermaids, but all slimy and with a mouthful of teeth that even a shark would run from." Pib gave him a serious look. "If she'd gotten a hold of you you'd be dead, drowned in the lake and then having your blood sucked from your body." Pib took a step back and eyed Hao critically for a moment. "No, scratch that, she'd probably play with you first."
Something about the way Pib said 'play' made Hao's skin crawl unpleasantly. He eyed the faerie curiously.
"What makes you so different from all the other Fae who only want to drink my blood and 'play' with me?" He asked. Pib looked down.
"Well, I owe Tim and Josh a debt of gratitude for one." He said slowly.
"For what?" Pib's tiny face grew red.
"They rescued me from a cat." He mumbled. Hao just blinked at him. "What? Not going to laugh at me?"
"No." Hao said simply. Pib gave him a confused look.
"You're one of the few. Even my girls laughed at me!"
"Who are these girls?"
"Oh, well, pixies, my particular breed of faerie arrange themselves in groups with one male being the leader over a bunch of females." Pib explained.
"So, like a harem."
"Exactly!" Pib exclaimed and then plopped down on Hao's shoulder. "You're all right, for a human."
"I am a shaman." Hao countered. Pib gave him a look.
"You're still human." He said simply.
"I have power that most humans do not, I think that distinguishes me from them." Hao replied haughtily. Pib made a rude noise.
"Is a horse not a horse just because it's smarter, or can run different, or is a different colour from other horses?" Pib asked. "You're human, it's in your DNA, whatever that is, and in your soul. Human is a state of being as much as a physical state, or so I'm told."
"You're giving me a headache now." Hao said impatiently. To his surprise Pib grinned.
"Good, then some of what I'm saying is actually getting in there."
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Yoh heaved a sigh as he walked back in the house. "Where have you been?" He turned to look at Pyro and Kitty.
"Are you two always together?" He asked playfully. Pyro shrugged.
"Not always, but most of the time, yes." She replied. "You didn't answer my question."
"I went to make sure Hao had remembered to wear some iron with him." Yoh replied. "He wasn't very grateful, but he took it anyways."
"Ahh, then you're getting through to him." Kitty said.
"A little."
"It takes time, I was nearly six years old in this life before I really started to care about imouto." Yoh gave them a tired look.
"I don't know if I have six years."
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